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Birthmarks of medical significance in the neonate
Abstract: Birthmarks are commonplace and most pose no significant detriment to health. It is usual for some ‘birthmarks’ to manifest within the first weeks to months of life and are not necessarily seen at birth. This is attributed in large part to the maturation of neonatal skin and the deepening of skin color over time. With time, increased pigment production in the skin by melanocytes eventually highlight the differences between normal and abnormal hypopigmented and hyperpigmented anomalies of the skin. Birthmarks can be seen as an isolated skin condition or serve as an important diagnostic aid for other more signif...
Source: Seminars in Perinatology - February 1, 2013 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Latanya T. Benjamin Source Type: research

Information technology as the key to accelerating advances in mental health care.
PMID: 23382508 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry - February 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Christensen H, Petrie K Tags: Aust N Z J Psychiatry Source Type: research

Provider Perceptions Regarding Barriers to Health IT Adoption In Palliative Care (S734)
Identify provider-perceived barriers to health information technology adoption in palliative care settings.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - February 1, 2013 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Dio Kavalieratos, Arif Kamal, Amy Abernethy Tags: Poster Abstracts Source Type: research

The effect of electronic medical record adoption on outcomes in US hospitals
Conclusions: Previous studies using observational data from large samples of hospitals have produced conflicting results. However, using different methods, we found a small but statistically significant association of EMR adoption with outcomes of hospitalization.
Source: BMC Health Services Research - February 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Jinhyung LeeYong-Fang KuoJames Goodwin Source Type: research

Use of Social Media by Spanish Hospitals: Perceptions, Difficulties, and Success Factors
Telemedicine and e-Health , Vol. 0, No. 0.
Source: Telemedicine and e-Health - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: article Source Type: research

Healthcare Experts Confront EHR-Related Medical Errors
“Though questions about the efficacy of electronic health records (EHRs) seem to have increased recently, usability and safety of health IT systems have been on the minds of medical informaticists for a while. The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), which convened an EHR usability task force in late 2011, this week released a position paper on [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Medical Errors Usability Source Type: news

Sponsored Content: Speech recognition key deliverable of UAE health IT program
Clinicians praise the time savings and productivity boost from voice systems being installed as part of the Emirates’ ’Wareed’ project read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Al Qassimi Dubai International Mohamed Nabeel AlDoy Somaya Abdullatif Al Zaraooni Speech Recognition surgery United Arab Emirates Mobile/Wireless Source Type: news

Who influences HIT policy?
The Sunlight Foundation has announced the launch of a new influence-tracking website that uncovers trends in the federal rulemaking process. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Congress Industry News Meaningful Use Sunlight Foundation Sunlight Labs Source Type: news

Weill Cornell, New York Presbyterian launch Institute for Precision Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian Hospital have collaborated on the new Institute for Precision Medicine, a translational medicine research hub that will use leading edge technology to create targeted treatments based patients' genetic profiles. Officials say the institute's genomic research discoveries will help develop personalized medical therapies that will be tested in innovative clinical trials, and will develop a comprehensive biobank to improve research and patient care. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Cornell Industry News Mark Rubin Medical College New York New York Presbyterian Hospital NewYork The Institute Weill Cornell Medical College Hospitals & IDNs Electronic Health Records Quality and Safety Source Type: news

Electronic health records could help identify which patients most need ICU resources
Advances in health information technology may lead to more efficient use of limited and expensive critical care resources, authors suggest in a new article.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 31, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

Researchers use Twitter to track flu outbreak
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using Twitter to track what has been a particularly severe flu season across the U.S.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Webinar: Mobile and digital health trends in 2013
This afternoon at 2PM ET (11AM PT) MobiHealthNews will be hosting its first online event of the year: 2013 Mobile and Digital Health Trends. As always, these are big events, and we currently have well over 1,000 registrants signed up for the session, which will include two presentations focused on trends set to dominate the [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized digital health events digital health trends Kony Solutions Mobile Health Events mobile health trends Source Type: news

Ringadoc scoops up $1.2 million to take on physicians’ after-hours practice management
This week San Francisco-based Ringadoc announced an additional $450,000 in funding, which combined with its $750,000 from last year brings its total seed round funding to $1.2 million. The round was led by Founders Fund’s FF Angel and includes contributions from Practice Fusion CEO Ryan Howard but the additional funding comes from angel investor Sharon [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized FF Angel Founders Fund investors on demand physician visits One Medical Group physician practice management Practice Fusion Ringadoc Telethrive venture capital Source Type: news

Mostashari spotlights ROI in HIE
The business value for providers and patients is what will drive health information exchange forward, even though most discussions typically center on the technology involved. And different uses for exchange will require different technologies. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Farzad Mostashari John Blair John Blair III Karen Van Wagner Medicare New Jersey Sandy Selzer Texas Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

Interview: E-patient organization’s first executive director
The Society for Participatory Medicine, which has been advocating for greater patient engagement in healthcare since 2009, has hired Barbara L. Kornblau, former dean of the School of Health Professions and Studies at the University of Michigan’s Flint campus, as its first executive director. Kornblau will be tasked with spreading the word about patient engagement to [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized consumer health e-Patients EHR epatients HIMSS meaningful use patient-centered Robert Wood Johnson Society Participatory Medicine Source Type: news

McKesson Reports Fiscal 2013 Third-Quarter Results
McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) today reported that revenues for the third quarter ended December 31, 2012 were $31.2 billion, up 1% compared to $30.8 billion a year ago.
Source: McKesson News - January 31, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Health information technology capacity at federally qualified health centers: a mechanism for improving quality of care
Conclusions: Our findings highlight the promise of HIT in improving quality of care, particularly for vulnerable populations who seek care at FQHCs. The results also show that FQHCs may not be maximizing the benefits of HIT. Efforts to implement HIT must include strategies that facilitate the implementation of comprehensive and advanced functionalities, as well as promote meaningful use of these systems. Further examination of the role of health information systems in clinical decision-making and improvements in patient outcomes are needed to better understand the benefits of HIT in improving overall quality of care.
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 31, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Jemima FrimpongBradford JacksonLaShonda StewartKaran SinghPatrick RiversSejong Bae Source Type: research

Semantic Remote Patient Monitoring System
Telemedicine and e-Health , Vol. 0, No. 0.
Source: Telemedicine and e-Health - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: article Source Type: research

BlackBerry gears up for comeback, will doctors follow?
Research in Motion (RIM) finally renamed itself “BlackBerry” after its signature product, even as it launched its much-awaited iPhone/Android competitor: the BlackBerry 10 operating system, touchscreen BlackBerry Z10 and keyboard-equipped BlackBerry Q10. The launch has been described as a Hail Mary pass for the struggling company, a last chance for a comeback that the company [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized BlackBerry 10 BlackBerry medical apps BlackBerry Z10 healthcare smartphone adoption medical smartphone adoption physician smartphone adoption Research In Motion RIM Source Type: news

Seminar Health Information Management at STC2013
Health Information Management (HIM) for Europe - Ways, Achievements and Perspectives Organised by EFMI Project Group HIME in cooperation with EFMI WG...
Source: EFMI Portal News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: News - Events Source Type: news

Use of Health IT for Higher-Value Critical Care
New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 0, Issue 0, Ahead of Print.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine - January 30, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: article Source Type: research

Autonomous Telemedicine Robot for Hospitals
“Officials from iRobot Corp. announce that the RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot has received 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in hospitals. RP-VITA is the first autonomous navigation remote presence robot to receive FDA clearance. RP-VITA is a joint effort between two industry leaders, iRobot and InTouch Health. The robot combines [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Hospitals Remote Robot Telemedicine Source Type: news

Dorset County Hospital uses RTLS solution for equipment management
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has implemented Stanley Healthcare’s Wi-Fi Real-Time Location System (RTLS) and Asset Tracking & Management solution for medical equipment management. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jamie Thompson Tags: Online Only Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust International Stanley Healthcare Wi-Fi Network Infrastructure RTLS Source Type: news

Researchers use Twitter to track flu outbreak
A large map by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracks the flu epidemic in the U.S.
Source: Computerworld Health Care News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Settlement for breach involving 300,000
Cbr Systems, Inc., a cord blood bank based in San Bruno, Calif., on Tuesday agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to protect the financial and health data of nearly 300,000 consumers. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only bank California Cbr Systems Inc. Federal Trade Commission Industry News Laura Riposo San Bruno Privacy and Security Source Type: news

EU coalition to focus on personal data
“The Healthcare Coalition on Data Protection published a joint statement highlighting the role of personal data in delivering high quality, patient-centred healthcare and conducting effective clinical and public health research, while expressing concerns on the potential negative impact of the proposed European (EU) General Data Protection Regulation in these areas.” Article Clinical Innovation + Technology, 29 January [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Data Protection Patient Centric Research Source Type: news

PCORI seeks advisory panelists
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has is seeking applications for participation in its first four advisory panels. The panels are part of the group’s ongoing effort to engage a broad range of healthcare stakeholders as partners in its research agenda, according to a PCORI press release. PCORI officials say they are seeking patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, other members of the healthcare community and the general public to serve on four advisory panels that will focus on: read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Centered Outcomes Research Institute Industry News Joe Selby Maryland PCORI Electronic Health Records Quality and Safety Source Type: news

Oncology docs struggle with EHR features
As meaningful use and ACOs pick up steam, oncology providers contend with regulatory pressures with or without help from their vendors, according to a new report from research firm KLAS. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Elekta EPIC Meaningful Use Varian Electronic Health Records Source Type: news

Telemedicine bills in state hoppers
While their colleagues in Washington are starting to take interest in the promises of digital health, lawmakers in several states are forging ahead with their own legislative ideas. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Eric Wicklund Tags: Online Only ATA District of Columbia Jonathan Linkous telecommunications telemedicine Washington Policy and Legislation Telehealth Source Type: news

Ontario Tories would scrap eHealth, but still develop electronic medical records
“The Progressive Conservatives want to phase out eHealth Ontario but still keep developing electronic health records. PC Leader Tim Hudak says eHealth “in its current form has been a disaster,” spending $2-billion “with nothing to show for it.” Mr. Hudak says despite all that spending and a huge bureaucracy, Ontarians still don’t have electronic health records.” Article The Globe [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News e-Health Failure Source Type: news

Remote monitoring startup Intuitive Health nabs $3.4M
Cloud-based patient monitoring company Intuitive Health has raised $3.4 million, according to an SEC filing first spotted by the Dallas Business Journal. The company isn’t yet willing to talk much more about the funding raise; CEO Eric Rock told MobiHealthNews in an email that they are still in stealth mode. This appears to be the [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized AT&T connected weight scale digital health investors Intuitive Health Nonin Pulse Oximeter remote patient monitoring telehealth Texas Health Resources venture capital Withings Source Type: news

Review of Telemedicine Technologies: Information Technologies in Medicine and Telehealth by Bernard Fong, A.C.M. Fong, and C.K. Li
Telemedicine and e-Health , Vol. 0, No. 0.
Source: Telemedicine and e-Health - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Tags: article Source Type: research

6 ways AHRQ will study EHRs, workflow
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) plans to better understand the relationship between health IT and workflow redesign by examining six small- to medium-sized physician practices that are moving to a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model and use several methods to obtain their research information. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Billings Clinic Electronic Health Records Quality and Safety Source Type: news

10 Most read articles week 20 January 2013
EHR query language (EQL)–a query language for archetype-based health records Confusion behind the dikes South Africa leads the way in mobile health services which will change healthcare Datensalat mit der E-Card? ONC plans stronger EHR, patient safety features Quotes from ICMCC Presentations Digital health: Struggle or a pipedream? What does the RAND study really say about EHR adoption, cost savings? Electronic health records [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Overview Source Type: news

McKesson Declares Quarterly Dividend January 30, 2013
Source: McKesson News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Applying active learning to supervised word sense disambiguation in MEDLINE.
CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that integrating active learning strategies with supervised WSD methods could effectively reduce annotation cost and improve the disambiguation models. PMID: 23364851 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Chen Y, Cao H, Mei Q, Zheng K, Xu H Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: research

BlaSTorage: a fast package to parse, manage and store BLAST results
Conclusions: BlaSTorage shows comparable speed of more basic parser written in compiled languages as C++ and can be easily integrated into web applications or software pipelines.
Source: Source Code for Biology and Medicine - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Massimiliano OrsiniSimone Carcangiu Source Type: research

Health communication in primary health care -A case study of ICT development for health promotion
Conclusions: Health communication practiced in PHC is individual based, preventive and reactive in nature, as opposed to population based, promotive and proactive in line with a health promotion approach. The most significant challenge in developing an ICT supported health communication channel for health promotion identified in this study, is profiling a health promotion approach in PHC. Addressing health promotion values and principles in the design of ICT supported health communication channel could facilitate health communication for promoting health, i.e. 'health promoting communication'.
Source: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making - Latest articles - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Amina MahmudEwy OlanderSara EriksénBo Haglund Source Type: research

Risk factors for adverse reactions from contrast agents for computed tomography
Conclusions: We suggest a prediction model consisting of six predictors for acute adverse reactions to contrast agents used in CT.
Source: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making - Latest articles - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Daiki KobayashiOsamu TakahashiTakuya UedaGautam DeshpandeHiroko AriokaTsuguya Fukui Source Type: research

Ginger.io tests passive monitoring for diabetes
Passive behavior monitoring and analytics company Ginger.io is now soliciting participants for a diabetes pilot study, building on the work that won them the Sanofi Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge in 2011. Ginger.io, which recently raised $6.5 million in a round led by Khosla Ventures, makes passive monitoring software for smartphones, with the goal of creating [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jonah Comstock Tags: Uncategorized Corengi.com Diabetes diabetes management Ginger.io mobile health pilots passive monitoring Sanofi Source Type: news

2012 was biggest yet for HIT VC funding, says Mercom Capital Group
Health IT venture capital funding approached $1.2 billion, disbursed across more than 160 deals, in 2012. That dwarfs the $480 million given in 49 deals in 2011, and the 22 deals worth $211 million in 2010, according to a new report from Mercom Capital Group. Indeed, the fourth quarter of 2012 saw the largest number of deals in a single quarter since the communications and consulting firm started tracking the health IT sector in 2010, say Mercom officials. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Industry News Mercom Capital Group Raj Prabhu venture capital Electronic Health Records Vendors Mobile/Wireless Telehealth Source Type: news

First Bionic Eye For US Market Awaits Approval From FDA
“The retina is the back part of your eye with the cells that respond to light. The cells are known as photo receptors and come in two varieties: rods and cones. Rods are very sensitive to light, shapes and movements and cones are not as sensitive, but they control the perception of [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Bionics Implants Ophthalmology Source Type: news

Healthcare IT News announces results of 2013 H.I.T. Men and Women Awards
Healthcare IT News has announced the results of its fourth annual H.I.T.Men and Women Awards, honoring top leaders in healthcare information technology. Healthcare IT News readers chose nine men and women for the awards. The honorees span the breadth and depth of the healthcare IT industry and include policymakers, healthcare providers, technology vendors and healthcare payers. More than 1,000 readers voted. The top leaders were selected from dozens of nominations in each of three categories: read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Industry News Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

What the new HIPAA means for digital health access
Discussions of the national health information privacy and security act often revolve around the ways it limits access to patient health information, rather than [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News RA News Record Access Health Information Security Source Type: news

Pew: Most US adults track health data but few use digital tools
“Perhaps surprisingly, a majority of American adults track their own health data, however, most aren’t using digital technologies to do so. About 69 percent of US adults track at least one health indicator, according to a national survey called Tracking for Health, conducted by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.” Article Brian Dolan, mobihealthnews, 28 January [...]
Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lodewijk Tags: News Chronic Diseases Tracking Source Type: news

mHealth: It's time to 'grab on'
Mobile health is one of the more transformative developments in healthcare, according to Patricia Abbott, associate professor of nursing at the University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems. "The real winners will be the ones who grab on in the front end, and don't wait," she says. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Diana Manos Tags: Online Only Health Systems Industry News Michigan Patricia Abbott The University of Michigan Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Payers Electronic Health Records Mobile/Wireless Telehealth Source Type: news

Phone detection of Parkinson’s approaches 99 percent accuracy
A British mathematician is applying “big data” algorithms to detect Parkinson’s disease from voice recordings and now claims accuracy up to 99 percent. “We also know how to predict the severity of symptoms to within a few percentage points of clinical judgment,” Max Little, a mathematician on the faculty of Aston University in Birmingham, England, and [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized big data healthcare Kinesia HomeView Parkinson's Voice Initiative voice diagnostics wearable technologies Source Type: news

ONC offers HIE guidance
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has published research that aims to help providers and other healthcare professionals better understand several high-impact services that can sustain health information exchange organizations. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mary Mosquera Tags: Online Only Health Information Technology Industry News John Rancourt Meaningful Use Health Information Exchange (HIE) Policy and Legislation Source Type: news

Rekindling the patient ID debate
Imagine an identification number containing every iota of your health data – documenting every disease and ailment you’ve been treated for, every doctor you’ve seen – a number unique only to you. With such holistic data, the implications for improving patient care and reducing inefficiencies appear enormous. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Erin McCann Tags: Online Only Barry Hieb Deborah Peel Deven McGraw Houston Industry News pharmaceutical UPI Wall Street Journal Privacy and Security Source Type: news

New at HIMSS13: Annual conference aims to keep up with evolving industry
From year to year, one thing that is guaranteed to happen between HIMSS annual conferences is that the health IT landscape will change, usually in dramatic fashion. So to keep healthcare stakeholders up to date on all the changes, the HIMSS annual conference must change, as well. And this year is no exception. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 29, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Staff Tags: Online Only Source Type: news